BLUE SQUARE PREMIER: Grays' hopes of avoiding the drop from non-league soccer's top flight suffered a massive blow with this heavy defeat at promotion-chasing Histon.
Grays, whose chairman Mike Woodward yesterday denied rumours linking the club with a merger with AFC Hornchurch, were 4-0 down in the opening half-hour.
Jamie Barker grabbed a hat-trick for the hosts with a single strike from Antonio Murray adding to the woe.
Andrew Pugh pulled back one after 42 minutes, but it was too little too late for the visitors who now desperately need to beat Mansfield at home on Saturday.
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